Why doesn't my VM have an IP address?

[Red Cricket]

I have a VM which I run on VirtualBox like so ...

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        $ VBoxManage startvm --type headless dev-006

... and I can see that NIC1 is "Bridged" and setup like so ...

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        $ VBoxManage showvminfo dev-006 --details
        ...
        NIC 1:           MAC: 080027A7F746, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'eth1', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
        NIC 2:           disabled
        NIC 3:           disabled
        NIC 4:           disabled
        NIC 5:           disabled
        NIC 6:           disabled
        NIC 7:           disabled
        NIC 8:           disabled
        ...

... what I cannot figure out is what is dev-006's IP address.

I have poked around the forum and learned that I should be able to do ...

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        $ VBoxManage guestproperty get yourvmname "/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP"

... but when I run ...

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        $ VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate dev-006

... I get this output ...

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        Name: /VirtualBox/HostInfo/VBoxVerExt, value: 4.3.10, timestamp: 1396471710759617000, flags: TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST
        Name: /VirtualBox/HostGuest/SysprepExec, value: , timestamp: 1396471710758813000, flags: TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST
        Name: /VirtualBox/HostGuest/SysprepArgs, value: , timestamp: 1396471710758950000, flags: TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST
        Name: /VirtualBox/HostInfo/VBoxRev, value: 93012, timestamp: 1396471710759735000, flags: TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST
        Name: /VirtualBox/HostInfo/VBoxVer, value: 4.3.10, timestamp: 1396471710759497000, flags: TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST

... so my question is why don't I see something like "/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP"?

Thanks!

[Perryg]

They are two different requests. Does the first one not work for you?
Remember that the guest must be running to have an IP address.

[Red Cricket]

Thanks for the reply Perryg. I am afraid I do not understand what you are saying. Are there two different requests? I don't know what requests you speak of.

[Perryg]

VBoxManage guestproperty get and VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate do different things (two different requests).
There are four actually. (get, set, delete, and enumerate). enumerate gives you some predefined information while get lets you specify special information that you might want.
Please answer my question. Does the get command not work for you?

[vboxuser2001]

I have the same problem, using 4.3.10 Mac. A few versions ago I could enumerate all sorts of attributes, but now I only see these (with the VM running):

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$ VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate ApplicationsDev
Name: /VirtualBox/HostInfo/GUI/LanguageID, value: en_US, timestamp: 1396742313331977000, flags:
Name: /VirtualBox/HostInfo/VBoxVerExt, value: 4.3.10, timestamp: 1396742313127786000, flags: TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST
Name: /VirtualBox/HostGuest/SysprepExec, value: , timestamp: 1396742313127387000, flags: TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST
Name: /VirtualBox/HostGuest/SysprepArgs, value: , timestamp: 1396742313127452000, flags: TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST
Name: /VirtualBox/HostInfo/VBoxRev, value: 93012, timestamp: 1396742313127814000, flags: TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST
Name: /VirtualBox/HostInfo/VBoxVer, value: 4.3.10, timestamp: 1396742313127757000, flags: TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST

...and if I get:

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$ VBoxManage guestproperty get ApplicationsDev "/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP"
No value set!

[dsherer]

@vboxuser2001 This line
NIC 1: MAC: 080027A7F746, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'eth1', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none

indicates that you have a bridged connection like you said, so the networking is working properly on the VirtualBox. What is the Virtual Machine OS that you are running? The mostlikely culprit of the problem is the VM OS itself.
Could we have details on the VM os?

[Alicia.gao]

I met the same problem.
My host OS is windows 10 with VBox 5.2.4 version, and my guest VM OS is oraclelinux 7.3.

I want to get the guest VM's IP address using Bridge. But only get "No value set!"

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage guestproperty get OMSP "/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP"
No value set!

is there any work around for this issue?

[socratis]

Try:

• VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate "OMSP"

See if the property that you're looking for is there.

Now, this is a 4-year-old thread. It's not very wise to wake up the dead, they might be zombies...

Locking this one, if you want to continue this discussion, open a new thread with an appropriate title...